Daily Discussion?
Well, I’ll put up another tomorrow morning, but let’s call this a nightly discussion.
It happens in a number of zombie movies/TV shows. It becomes a prime source of contention.
One character befriends another character. Things are going fine then boom…it is discovered that this new person is secretly keeping their zombified friends and/or family alive (as alive as they get.)
WALKING DEAD SPOILERS:
- The Governor kept his zombified daughter locked up in a cabinet. Michonne kills her, igniting a war. (I feel like I’m in the minority for siding with the governor on this one. I’d be highly offended if I had zombie children and Michonne strutted in and started hacking them pieces without so much as consulting me first.)
- Hershel kept his zombified friends/family locked up in a barn. He eventually agrees that the best option is to put them out of their misery.
FEAR THE WALKING DEAD SPOILER
Madison’s family spends most of the second season on a boat voyage to a secret location (thanks to Strand.) Alas, the woman in charge is keeping her zombified friends/family captive in hopes of a cure.
SHAUN OF THE DEAD SPOILER
Shaun keeps his zombified buddy chained up in a shed in the backyard. Sometimes, he even plays video games with him.
WHAT SAY YOU, 3.5 READERS?
This may be controversial but I think I’m leaning towards chaining up my zombified friends/family if it can be done so safely in the hopes of an impending cure.
Perhaps one day zombie-ism will be reduced to something as easily treatable as a cold.
Maybe your local pharmacy will start selling Vick’s Anti-Zombie Rub.
Hell, maybe your zombified charges will get to see the future. Chain those zombies up in a bunker and in a thousand years when they cure zombies they’ll not only be cured but they’ll see the world of tomorrow.
DRAWBACKS
Ahhh…shit I can see the drawbacks though. Keeping a zombified human is a lot like having an exotic pet.
Will I ever be able to go on vacation again? Do I really want to impose on someone to care for my zombies while I’m away?
Do I want to be that guy who hoodwinks a buddy to zombie sitting for me away?
“OK here’s my elaborate set of instructions. Throw one live goat into my zombie’s pit every day and make sure to keep those chains oiled.”
WHAT SAY YOU 3.5 READERS?
I think you have to err on the side of caution and keep your zombified loved ones safe and sound in the hopes that a zombie cure is found.
What say you, 3.5 readers?
Bookshelf Battle 
You ever watch I zombie? They have an interesting take on what happens to a zombie that’s not fed brains.
I have not seen it. An interesting foray into the “zombies can be actual people” idea.
I’m not sure that a goat a day will suffice to keep zombie family and friends in a good enough state for an eventual cure to their zombification. Even so, I might have passed of natural causes long before then and just think of the culture shock they would experience of cured, say in 100 years. They’d have no family or friends and no useful skills to make a living in the new culture. As much as I’d like to preserve them I think it might be more of a curse than just humanely euthanizing them.
You’d probably need one goat for every three zombies